Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on The Lifespan Dilemma - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 September 2009 06:45PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 11 September 2009 01:21:41AM 6 points [-]

OMEGA: OK, I see your point, I also offer you some additional drugs to make you happy whenever you would have any distress. I also promise you to modify your brain that you will never even wish to kill yourself during these few eons.

Drugs? You don't need drugs. You just need FUN! Hey, there's a reason why I wrote that, you know.

Comment author: Christian_Szegedy 11 September 2009 03:11:35AM *  9 points [-]

"Drug" was just a catchy phrase for omega's guarantee to cure you out from any psychological issues the could cause you any prolonged distress.

You could insist that it is entirely impossible that you'd need it.

Would not it be a bit overconfident to make any statements on what is possible to some insanely complex and alien future self of you over a period of time which is measured by a number (in years) that takes billion to the power of billions of your current lifetime just to read?

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